Paul Schierhorn

British ("RP"), various American Southerns (plantation, New Orleans, east Texas, Appalachian), midwest ("Fargo"), Noo Yawk, "Down East" (Maine, Boston, New England)

1980s: Talking books for Bantam Audio, medical industrials in Boston 1990s: major player in New Orleans V/O market: hard sell retail, soft-sell medical, funeral (!), political (positive and negative), banking, automated dial-up assistance for Whitney Bank, higher education 2000s: dialect coach for Oscar nominees/winners Don Cheadle, Ellen Burstyn, Nicolas Cage; V/Os for Marketing Architects in Twin Cities, AudioWorks in New Orleans and others MFA, Yale School of Drama 1974 Associate Professor, Tulane University Dept. of Theater and Dance, 1988-2007 Professor, Dept. of Theater Arts, Mars Hill College, 2007-present V/O Trainer, AudioWorks New Orleans, 2000-2003 Freelance journalist Antoinette Perry ("Tony") Award nominee 1985-86 for THE NEWS: Best Original Score, Music & Lyrics I regularly teach voice/speech classes, training students to use the IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) as a tool for dialect work. In the last two years I have taught "BBC English (Received Pronunciation), Plantation Southern, Donegal Irish, Cockney and Brooklyn/North Jersey to my students. I regularly use the International Dialects of English Archive (IDEA) which is the best archive of primary dialect source I have found. HARDWARE: ISDN two-line Verizon Service w/RoadRunner Neumann 103 microphone in isobooth with Reflexion Yamaha MG102c mixer SOFTWARE: MOTU Digital Performer 6 Bias Peak LE Soundsoap 2 ISDN NUMBERS: 828-645-4710 line 1 828-645-4989 line 2 As well as being a full-time college professor in Theater, I'm a professional actor, musician, singer, and composer/arranger. I've written music beds for commercials, accompaniment for dance pieces, scores for plays, and sequenced entire musicals for full orchestra on my Kurzweil PC2X Synth. I've been a "Swiss Army Knife" my whole professional life and I look forward to working with you if you're patient, professional and sane, with a good sense of humor.